HDNet Fights Video Vault: Jaime Jara vs. Tim Means at "KOTC: Legacy"

In the sport of mixed martial arts, even a submission specialist needs a little knockout power to be effective on the sport’s bigger stages.

For an example, look no further than a March “King of the Cage: Legacy”
event between veteran middleweights Jamie Jara and Tim Means, who
competed on the night’s HDNet-televised main card.

Each week HDNet and MMAjunkie.com release a new and exclusive fight
from the ever-growing HDNet Fights video library. Stunning knockouts,
slick submissions, shocking finishes and legendary brawls are the norm
for this weekly feature.

And Jara vs. Means is no exception.

Both fighters Southwest-based fighters entered the March 26 event with impressive win streaks. Jara (25-7 at the time), a Gladiator Challenge and EliteXC vet, was riding a four-fight win streak. Additionally, after mixed results early in his career, the 40-year-old fighter looked for his 21st win in 24 fights.

Means (8-2), meanwhile, looked to extend a six-fight win streak that included six first-round stoppage victories. At 15 years Jara’s junior, the 26-year-old (whose only career losses had come to UFC vets Spencer Fisher and Luke Caudillo) could have picked up arguably his biggest win yet at the KOTC event.

So would the younger Means get his seventh consecutive win, or would the elder Jara pick up his fifth straight and spoil another youngster’s rise to the top?

Check out the embedded clip for the answer.

Each week MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) and HDNet Fights (www.hdnetfights.com) team up for “HDNet Fights Vault,” which offer a new and unique video from the organization’s ever-growing fight library. The weekly feature is a continuation of a long-standing partnership between MMAjunkie.com and HDNet. For more information on HDNet, which broadcasts more MMA events than any other TV outlet, visit www.hd.net.

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